Mark Twain's books are considered less for their ... The Gilded Age represented his attempt to move beyond the skit and sustain his satire against "the present era of incredible rottenness ...

Who should read it: Readers who enjoy dark satire from unconventional religious perspectives. Where to read it: HarperCollins Publishers. Who should read it: Fans of Mark Twain interested in his ...

Samuel Clemens, who was known as Mark Twain, was born in Missouri in ... A humorist, philosopher, and writer of social satire, Twain was world famous in his lifetime. Influenced by the Mississippi ...

Clemens (Mark Twain), who blended comic passages with social criticism on the central issues of the late nineteenth century. "Satire" is actually part of the very definition of "cartoon" given in ...